Mini IdeaFarm™ – August 2010

Mini IdeaFarm™ – August 2010

Originally uploaded by sindy

It’s been a whole year since my last IdeaFarm™ post and I thought I would post an update. I didn’t see the truck around for a while (at least in Mountain View– they apparently have people at locations all over the Bay Area), but then, a few months ago, they popped up again, parked near the intersection of Central Expressway and Rengstorff Avenue. They’ve apparently downsized to this trailer and bike (plus what looks like solar panels?).

This week, the trailer was parked at the corner of El Camino Real and Phyllis Ave after having been “silenced by MVPD” (Mountain View Police Department). I’m not sure what they did since I’ve never actually seen anybody next to/around the truck or trailer, but I suppose just parking for long periods of time in front of businesses and at busy intersections could cause problems. Nevertheless, I haven’t seen anything that would actually be illegal and if they had done something illegal, I assume the truck/trailer/whatever would have disappeared altogether.

So, I’d be curious to know what caused them to be “silenced” and how MVPD silenced them, but I still haven’t figured out what the actual, practical purpose of IdeaFarm™ is, what they do or how they do it. (One commenter summarized it as a version of “libertarian socialism”.) In any case, the IdeaFarm™ website has been updated once again, so maybe you can take a look and try to make some sense of it.

Otherwise– or perhaps as background– you can check out my previous posts:

• IdeaFarm™ (February, 28, 2008)
• Idea Farm™, part 2 (March 27, 2008) – includes information and comments from the man behind it all
• IdeaFarm™, part 3: Return of the Truck

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-19

• Haven't slept one wink yet & it's already AM back East; oh wait, it's AM in the West now too. "Good" morning, everyone. Argh. #

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-17

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16

• Still surprises me when I realize someone is jealous about something or someone over which or whom I have no interest in competing. #
• How do you tell the guy *behind* you that he needs to turn his headlights on? #
• Common DUI tip offs for cops: headlights off; seat belt caught in the door and causing sparks as it scrapes the asphalt. #
• Handful of mosquito bites this summer have been the size of walnuts, like tracker jacker stings. Itchy, itchy. #
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• The 10 minutes waiting for the pizza place opens is the longest. #
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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-13

• @jrm4 Friend is skinny Indie white guy, but isn't this sketch of him weirdly similar to your profile pic? http://tweetphoto.com/38609717 #
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• RT @iHATEquotez: people ask me why it's so hard to trust people, and i ask them why is it so hard to keep a promise. #
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